The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Kimmel, Eric A.

Little Red Rosie: A Rosh Hashanah Story

32 pp. | Behrman/Apples & Honey | August, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-68115-518-0 $17.95

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Mónica Gutierrez. Little Red Rosie is baking challah for Rosh Hashanah, and Toucan, Parrot, and Hornbill enthusiastically offer to help with every step (unlike the characters in the story's presumed inspiration, "The Little Red Hen"). The text, in which Rosie patiently encourages the birds, is tedious and saccharine, but the bright illustrations add humor by showing Rosie's well-meaning helpers making a huge mess.

Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith